Last confirmed: Bowling Green, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · Xenia, OH
James Sanford: LB · Bowling Green · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
James Sanford
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. James Sanford has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Bowling Green. On tape: 5 tackles against North Dakota, Week 2, 2016.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 19 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | Bowling Green | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 19 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-77@ No. 6 Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 27-26vs North Dakota | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-41vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-77@ Memphis | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-42@ Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 26-40vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-28@ Akron | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-19vs Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
5%1 pass breakups19 tackles.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Jinks
Pass share
47.3%
449 pass / 500 run
Plays / game
79.1
12 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
448 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Bowling Green, 19 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dave Clawson, Dino Babers, and Mike Jinks. Multi-era developmental context.
